Walks forth bright Snowdrop, clad in green and white,

Which simple beauties every eye delight,

Till Violet scents the gale and Bluebirds sing;

Come now the Windflower and the Tulip tall,

And Naiad Lily of the lowly vale,

The lover's flower, which is true passion pale;

Up, next, Narcissus springs, more fair than all,

Reflecting in the brook, that purls anigh,

Her image, and, like Echo, hastes to die;

Then the sweet lady Rose, at Zephyr's call,